WMR Westminster Resources Ltd

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Westminster's objective was to acquire and define under-explored targets that
are drill ready and have the potential to evolve into large-scale discoveries.
The company's first thrust has been achieved with its acquisition of a new
mineral district-scale property near Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. The state of
Sonora contains world-class, precious and base-metal reserves and producing
mines. This attractive region has a strong mining history and culture with
favorable permitting and infrastructure that allow for aggressive year-round
exploration.


The company's subsidiary Minera Westminster, S.A. de C.V. holds mineral
properties through Option Agreements and a Letter of Intent. The highly
prospective gold-copper porphyry systems lie within a new mineral district in
the foothills of the famous geologic region of the Sierra Madre.


An amendment to the Mexican Mining Law, effective as of January 1, 2006,
provides for "Mining Concessions" to be held for 50 years during exploration and
exploitation and they may be renewed for an additional 50 years. Concessions
remain valid with the payment of semiannual taxes and yearly minimum
investments. All of the Navojoa Project's present holdings are in good standing.
Details concerning the Navojoa property and underlying agreements will be posted
on Sedar upon registration with the Mexican Public Registry of Mining.


Widespread surface alteration and mineralization suggests that at least three
potential centers of gold-copper skarn and granite-hosted porphyry systems occur
within the approximate 10 kilometer by 21 kilometer area of contiguous claims.
Topographic high outcroppings of malachite (copper) stained oxidized skarns in
proximity to or at the contact with multiphase porphryritic granitoid bodies
contain garnet, actinolite, tremolite, epidote, and magnetite mineral
assemblages. Red box work limonite (after chalcocite) veins and fractures cross
cut the skarn bodies. These oxidized leached veins contain remmanent copper
values and upon crushing pannable gold is recovered. Although not yet mapped on
a deposit scale, the district features widespread zones of hydrothermally
altered metasediments and granitic bodies. Propylitic (chlorite-epidote),
potassic (biotite), phyllic (sericite), and argillic (kaolinite-alunite)
alteration zones typical of well developed gold-copper porphyry systems are
proximal to the known skarns.


A detailed surface exploration phase one program is expected to commence
immediately. The untested potential of the large Navojoa Project area will be
evaluated by prospecting, stream sediment and soil geochemical surveys, ground
geophysical magnetic surveys, skarn and associated porphyry system alteration
zone mapping. This work will evaluate the dimensions, surficial grades and
character of the leached and oxide mineralization associated with the three
known porphyry system centers.


The Property's first ever drill program will start in May, 2009 targeting
outcropping gold-copper skarn bodies and also an area where an Induced
Polarization (IP) geophysical survey chargeability anomaly has been interpreted
as a response to elevated levels of sulphide mineralization. The anomalous IP
response underlies rusty, leached, iron oxide capping outcrop and includes a
presumed supergene enriched blanket (chalcocite?) preserved under flat lying
young Tertiary volcanic cover adjacent to the exposed leached areas. This 2.5
kilometer by 1.5 kilometer long modeled chargeability IP anomaly is associated
with the central porphyry system and is open in all directions.


The Company has assembled a strong professional Mexico based support team who
will continue to assist in all phases of acquisition, permitting, exploration
and development of the Navojoa Project.


The foregoing geological disclosure has been reviewed and verified by director
Glen C. Macdonald P. Geo and a qualified person for the purpose of National
Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WESTMINSTER RESOURCES LTD.

Glen C. Macdonald

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of historical facts. Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance,
prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking information. Forward looking information in this news
release may include, but is not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals or
future plans. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, those risks
set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company
believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking
information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be
placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news
release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the
disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by
law.

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